...Around my sophomore year of high school, I began joining a numerous amount of clubs thinking it would benefit me when I would have to apply to college. However, as many would expect, I stopped attending the meetings of all but about three clubs. One club that favored over all others is High-Q. This club involved competing against other high schools in a quiz bowl style format similar to the Jeopardy. The most memorable moment occurred senior year as four other members, two advisors, and myself traveled to Washington D.C. to compete for the National Academic Championship. The journey to D.C. began after a school day as we all crowded in a small minivan for the seven-hour ride ahead of us. Most of the time in the car was spent sleeping;...
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...After graduating high school, many young adults are expected to go directly to college. And in most cases, they go directly to college. However, that is not the case for all adults. Some of these young adults leave high school in search of the intangibles such as, finding themselves or only taking time off to relax. And at other times unexpected events such tragedies, family, and once in a life opportunity keep young adults from going directly to college after high school. In most cases, they still wish to obtain a college education, but once they see how much things have changed, it can be almost frightening for them return. Adults who take time off after high school face numerous challenges once they return to college. One challenge that...
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...Being a junior in high school is a big responsibility, and so is my future. College is beneficial in many ways, such as learning and staying educated, and to focus on the career that you intend to pursue. College can be expensive but if you make excellent grades and meet the required grade level to receive a scholarship for that college, you have a free ride to an amazing opportunity. College is important to help people find a job, and to give people the required skills they need for their chosen career. Everyone has their own opinion about college, but no one can say that college isn’t beneficial, whether it is to ease the difficulty of finding a job, or to put time and practice in the job of your choice. Now is the time to focus on the future and how you will live life after high school....
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...Canton. This will be my first pitching lesson ever and my mind is racing. I am wondering what the pitching instructor will be like. I am wondering if he is nice or not, or if he’ll make me run a lot, or how much better he’ll make me. I hate running. I’m also wondering if we’ll stop to get McDonald’s after or not because I’m ten and I want a happy meal. We have finally arrived, and the first thing I see is “Hall of Fame Fitness Center.” I begin to think of all these great sports figures like Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds and how they must practice here too since it’s the Hall of Fame Fitness Center. As I enter through the tall glass...
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...Fundraising Managers Career Category: Social | Career Path Option 2: Anesthesiologists Career Category___________ | Job description (including daily responsibilities) | Plan, direct, or coordinate activities made to create or keep a favorable public image or raise problem awareness for their organization or client; or if engaged in fundraising, plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations. | Physicians who give anesthetics before, during, or after surgery, or other medical procedures. | Requirements for path (school, military, training, age, location, skills, etc.) | Typical education needed: Bachelor's degreeTypical work experience needed for occupation: 5 years or moreTypical on-the-job training once you have a job in this field: None | At least 12 years of postsecondary education, a 4-year degree, preferably in natural sciences, is required to gain admission to an accredited medical school, and graduate from a 4-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. | Salary/benefits information | Location | Pay Period | 2013 | | | 10% | 25% | Median | 75% | 90% | United States | Hr | $25.65 | $34.54 | $47.45 | $66.21 | $88.60 | | Yr | $53,400 | $71,800 | $98,700 | $137,700 | $184,300 | Florida | Hr | $29.33 | $37.33 | $48.22 | $60.27 | $82.17 | | Yr | $61,000 | $77,600 | $100,300 | $125,400 | $170,900 | | Location | Pay Period | 2013 | | | 10% | 25% | Median | 75% | 90% | United States...
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...What are you going to do after high school? That is always the basic question that every high school senior is asked. But, the sad thing is, most of them have no idea. Many think that if students were to start preparing for their future after high school while they are still in grade school, or middle school, then they will be more ready. On the other hand, others think that if you start preparing too early for college, then you may result in a burnout, and then not even want to go to college. I believe that starting while you're in middle school, would be the best option for three main reasons. I believe that it will help students stay on track with their grades, I believe that it will give students the motivation for after high school, and I believe that the students will be less stressed when it does come to their senior year. To begin, I believe that if students start preparing for college earlier than high school than it will help them get better grades overall. I speak from experience, because if I would have started preparing and knowing what I needed to have in order to get into the colleges I wanted, I wouldn't have messed around with...
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...They say after high school you're life changes and nothing is at all what you expected it will be. Rather it's putting on the Freshman 15, buying a car/apartment, or changing your major 20 times to meeting the love of your life, but for me I hope to experience out of those things only buying a car or apartment. In the future the two most important things to me is to be happy and successful. After high school I plan to take my first vacation out of Illinois in California for a week. Then later take another trip to Paris and visit the Eiffel Tower while loading up on spaghetti or go to Germany and go sight-seeing. After summer I plan to attend UIS to start my journey of becoming a social worker, while being a two sport athlete playing softball...
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...RIIIIIIINNNNGGG! As soon after school bell rang I became more and more nervous. As soon as I got my belongings from my locker I ran down to the gymnasium. I heard the excited screams of the people trying out for the basketball team coming from the locker rooms. I decided to wait around and see how they warmed up. I stood there shocked as the other teammates effortlessly made shots I strived to make. From there I knew I would not make the team that year and decided not to go at all. With my physical form in my right hand along with my tryout forms right on top of them I left. When I arrived home I thought if I made the right decision about quitting. I knew I should not have quit. I could have tried. I vouched that next year I would try...
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...The first five years of my life after high school were thrown away. Sad to say, I allowed my peers to decide what type of person I was going to be. We didn’t take life seriously, and that was the biggest problem. It was my twelfth grade in high school, and due to my background with getting into various altercations during or after school, I was told by the principal, “You don’t have to come back to school until final exams and graduation.” Yes! I thought, I’m only going to school for one class anyway. My mentality and structure were fixed on getting a job. Even though my dad didn’t spend enough time with helping me to plan my future out, I was a follower of what I saw being done, and that was working hard to make a living. Now I was seventeen...
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...For me the past is cold and dark, I can't say I like to reminisce about it. Mom, and I would move around from one city to the next. I always adjusted to new learning situations following the changes. The new school I went to was a year behind so I would get A's without even trying because I have already done every assignment the year before. Then when we would move back, my grades would deteriorate because I was now two years behind the rest of the class. After a few years of this, it was now time for high school and we just relocated again. The journey to and from school every day for a year I passed through what we called the hood (ghetto). There are several reasons why I assume my time during high school was not very productive....
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..."Would you like a blanket?" The nurse asked as I laid down on the bed of the MRI machine. I decided to decline, for I thought it would only be a few minutes. (3 sentences, 33 words) 30 minutes later, I was with no blanket, cold, and still in the machine. Once I was able to leave and put my sweatshirt back on I was relieved, and warm. It was now time for the X-rays. (2 sentences, 38 words) The days after were long, full of waiting anxiously to find out the results of the two tests that could either fill me with joy or leave me devastated. Four days after the tests, when I returned home from school my mom was waiting for me, with the news that I would not enjoy hearing. I found out that I had multiple stress fractures in my L5 disk in my back, and my football season was over. (3 sentences, 76 words)...
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...If you give yourself a chance, you just might surprise yourself. I did just that and found a talent I never knew I had. I reluctantly accepted the constant pleads from my friends to audition for the school musical The Pajama Game. They had been in the plays before and always reminisced on the unforgettable moments the crew had together. They egged me on saying, “You’ll love it,” and, “It will be so fun if we all are in it together.” I tried everything in my power to decline the invitation with explanations of my glossophobia (fear of public speaking) and severe allergic reaction when I stand on a stage, but no one would buy it. And there I was, Michelle the student athlete without any drama experience, about to try out for the school musical....
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...short period, soccer for a season, basketball, swimming, baseball and karate. Early on in life I was rowdy and would often get in trouble or confrontations. I was one of those children who always had a hard time staying still. The extra energy that I exhibited was another reason why my family got me into sports. High-school During high-school I matured to a certain degree and grew out of being such a “spaz”. This could have been because I learned that people...
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...literally taking first steps and experiencing milestones at every turn. Seven months ago, Jordan decided to make his presence known. Reflecting with several of my students who were in the senior speech class that sent me off to the hospital, we were all in such disbelief over how fast those months passed and how quickly the school calendar disappeared. As a seasoned teacher, I can...
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...As a child I always thought this world would be perfect and that nothing in this world would bad. Then I started school and realized that the world was not perfect. Before fourth grade me and my family moved to a small town on the outskirts of a reservation little did I know that people at that school were a lot different then the people from my old school. The people who went to Mobridge Pollock upper elementary thought that my family was rich. In fourth grade I met this girl who soon became my best friend. For the two years that I lived there I did some bad things like doing drugs and helping people get away with beating people up. At the end of Fifth grade I moved back to Sturgis. On August 6th,2016 my best friend from Mobridge commited...
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